Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
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One of the great nineteenth-century preachers was a Scottish Presbyterian named Alexander Whyte. I have a set of his commentaries in my office that I treasure. He was a great man, but he also had an awareness of the potential for evil that was never far from the surface. After one of his
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 24, 2005
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Cowboy Joe was had just come back from going to church for the first time, and was in the bunkhouse telling the other cowhands about his experience.
He said, “When I got there, I parked my pick-me-up in the corral. Charlie, a worldly cowboy said, “That would be the parking lot, Joe.”
Joe
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas once had a heated quarrel with a rising young politician. The argument became so intense that a duel was inevitable. Since both men were superb shots they decided to draw lots, the loser agreeing to shoot himself. Dumas lost. Pistol in hand, he
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Feb 11, 2006
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A group of Communists confronted a Christian and ridiculed his testimony, insisting that all that’s important is the here and now. They declared that a violent revolution was a must, and claimed they were ready to lay down their lives if need be.
Upon hearing this, the believer said, "You say
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Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
“The Bible is so strict and old-fashioned,” said a young man to a gray-haired friend, who was advising him to study God’s Word if he would learn how to live. “There are plenty of books written nowadays that are moral enough in their teachings, and do not bind one down to the Bible.”
The old
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
Psa 119:1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.
They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh, that my ways were
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Mar 25, 2001
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Among the prisoners in Kushner’s POW camp was a tough young marine, 24 years old, who had already survived two years of prison-camp life in relatively good health. Part of the reason for this was the camp commander had promised to release the man if he cooperated. Since this had been done before
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Apr 10, 2001
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An article in a National Geographic magazine provides a penetrating picture of God’s love for us. After a forest fire raged through a section of Yellowstone Park, one of the rangers found the charred body of a bird at the base of a smoking tree stump. When he knocked it with a stick, three tiny
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Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 10, 2001
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I was reminded of a story I read once about a mother who would listen with her young children to an instructional program on the radio each morning. She particularly enjoyed the exercise class. One day she tuned in late, only to hear an energetic instructor already urging pupils along at a fast
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Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 23, 2001
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NO SHORT CUT TO SANCTITY
“The temptation to make our relation to God judicial instead of personal is very strong. Believing for salvation has these days been reduced to a once-done act that requires no further attention. The young believer becomes aware of an act performed rather than of a living
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Feb 10, 2001
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"Anyone who's ever had a brush with the thing called love knows that this feeling so desired is also tough to pin down," writes Curt Degenhartt. He says,"There are so many kinds. We’ve got lusty love, compassionate love, fraternal love, the kind of love you have for your grandparents, thrilling
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Baptist
Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
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ILLUS: God can use you
The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember...
Noah got drunk,
Abraham was too old,
Isaac was a daydreamer,
Jacob was a liar,
Joseph was abused,
Moses had a stuttering problem,
Gideon was afraid,
Rahab was a prostitute,
Jeremiah and Timothy were too
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Assembly Of God
When a mother eagle builds her nest she starts with thorns, broken branches, sharp rocks, and a number of other items that seem entirely unsuitable for nesting material. Then she lines the nest with a thick padding of wool, feathers, and fur from animals she has killed, making it soft and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007
Just give me Jesus-but don’t make me change my ways
In the Answers magazine Dr John MacArthur quotes a person from an article in Christianity Today on the Emerging Church. “A young lady said she wants to be religious but isn’t prepared to let religion alter her lifestyle. “I’m a Jesus girl,” she
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Wesleyan